Coffee dripper



Jan. 1, 1924 1,479,758

H. w. TUCKER COFFEE DRIPPER Filed Dec. 12 1922 Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAL W. TUCKER, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

COFFEE DRIPPER.

Application filed December 12, 1922. Serial No. 606,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAL W. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee Drippers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coffee drippers.

My object is to provide a device of this character adapted to beremovably received into the top of a cofiee pot or other receptacle inwhich coffee is to be made, in such a way that the lid of the pot can beplaced on the dripper, and the pot thereby kept as completely closedagainst the escape of steam as when the pot is used without the dripper.

Another object is to so arrange the parts that the dripper is heldagainst lateral play at the top of the receptacle.

Still another object is to provide a device of this character with meansfor conveniently lifting it in and out of the coffee receptacle withoutburning the hands of the operator, said means being preferably outsidethe lid and arranged to fold down out of the way when the drippcr is notin use.

A further object is to provide the device with means for preventing thecoffee from running over the top of the dripper as it is poured back andforth from the receptacle into the dripper in the making.

Other objects will appear in the subjoined description.

An important feature of the invention consists of a cloth bag heldbetween an inner and an outer ring, the outer ring being provided with afolding bail for handling the device, and the inner ring having meansfor preventing the fluid from running over the top of the dripper whenpoured rapidly thereinto.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which;-

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a cofi'ee pot provided with myimproved dripper. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the outer ring or bandshowing the folding bail in its inoperative position. Fig. 3 is aperspective of the inner ring or band; and Fig. 4 is a sectional viewshowing the folding bail raised up inoperative position.

The numeral 1 indicates the outer band consisting of the verticalportion or band proper 1 and the annular horizontally disposed flange 1*which carries a concentric bail 2 pivotally mounted at its ends inbearings 3 and adapted to fold down into flat engagement with saidflange. The bearings 3 are secured to the hand 1 in any suitable manner,as by soldering. The numeral 4 indicates the inner band which ispreferably broader than the outer band, and forms a short cylinder, asit were, with its upper end closed at one side by the semicircularportion i. The inner band 4 is of slightly less diameter than the outerband 1, so that the open end of the cloth bag 5 is tightly receivedbetween the two bands.

The annular flange 1 of the outer ring rests on the top bead 6 of thecoffee pot, and the vertical portion 1 of said band is of a diameter tobe snugly received into the lid 7 of the coffee pot, so that the lidwhich closes the coffee pot without the dripper will also close it withthe dripper. The bail 2 is of a diameter to come outside the cylindricalportion 7 of the lid, so as not to interfere with the lid coming intoclose contact with the flange 1 and thereby making a pen feet closurefor the coffee pot when the drippcr is in use. The inner band 4;preferably projects down below the annular flange 1" to form a stop toprevent the dripper from having lateral play on top of the coffee pot,as may be seen from Fig. 1 of the drawings. In the figure there is aslight space shown be tween the bag 5 and the head 6 at the top of thepot, but that grows out of the fact that the hands and the lid and thebag are all shown many times thicker than they really are, in order tomake the showing in the drawings plain. that if the metal could be shownits proper thickness in proportion to the scale upon which the drawingsare made, the bag 5 would be almost touching the head 6, so that thedevice would barely have play enough in the top of the coffee pot topermit it to be put in and taken out easily. When the coffee pot is hotthis is done by means of the bail 2, which, when in use is raised intothe position illustrated in Fig. 4. At other times the bail lies down infiat engagementwith the flange 1 out of the way, and yet on the outsideof the lid Where it is easily accessible and can be raised to operativeposition without removing the lid, whereby when the dripper is removedfrom a pot of steaming coffee, the lid serves as a shield to keep Itwill at once be seen the steam from rising and burning'tlre hand thatholds the bail.

When, in the process of making, the coilee is poured back and i'orthfrom the pot and then into the bag 5 again, the semicircular portion 4of the inner band prevents the roller f om running 0. er the top oi" thebag when the coffee is poured very rapidly thereinto. This however, isnot the only function of the plate $2 for it will be seen that even whenthe lid 7 is removed from the pot, this plate will still prevent thecolumn of rising steam from directly striking the hand of the operator,if he takes hold of the end of the bail adjacent said plate, the plateof course, being disposed relatively to the bail with its central radialline in appronimete alinement with the pivoted ends of the bail. Theother function of the plate at just above re ferred to, and anadditional function yet to be referred to are not afle'eted by thecondition of the plate relatively to the axis of rotation of the halo.

From the arrangement shown, it will be seen that the bag may be veryeasily and conveniently removed tor washing, or to be replaced byanother.

In operation, the parts are assembled as already described. with theopen end of the bag held between the two bands, and the dripper placedin the top of the pot. The ground coffee is poured into the bag 5through the opening 8 of the inner ring, and the dripper is closed byplacing there'- on the lid *5 of the pot, so that the coflee is entirelycut off from contact with the outer air, and is exposed to the steam ontop of the pot.

When the coffee is poured out of the pot and then back into the bag 5'through the opening 8 of the inner band to bring the fluid into vigorouscontact with the ground coffee in the bag. the semicircular plate 4keeps the coffee from running over the top of the dripper therebycarryin some of the grounds down into the pot. ll hen the cotfee hasbeen sutliciently brewed, the bail 2 is raised up into the positionillustrated in Fig; 4, and the dripper may be lifted from the coffee potthereby, the lid serving to prevent the hand of the operator fromgetting burned by steam rising from the steaming, hot coffee grounds inthe bag 5. It the lid is removed first the plate 4? still serves tomeasurably protect the hand of the operator from getting burned as isfully pointed out above. When the lid is removed from the dripper it isagain placed on the pot leaving the clear drip coffee in the pot readyto be poured out for use, with all the grounds removed with the bag.

The inner band 4i is forced out of the band 1, which permits the easyremoval of the bag 5 for washing. The plate l of the inner band forms abearing surface easily engaged the fingers of the o cre tor, malimg 1%;easy to force the inner and through the outer band in engaging orreleasing the hep,

laving now described my invention,

a reticulated bag held between them, the

outer band having an annular flange for supporting the device on top ofa collee pot, and the inner band having an inwardly extending top plateat one side thereof; and a folding hail pivotally connected to saidannular flange of the outer band at diametrically opposite sides thereoffor handling the device.

2. A dripper for cooperation with a cotfee pot having a lid adapted tofit inside the top thereof; and a dripper, comprising an outer bandadapted to be received into said lid and provided with an annularoutwardly extending flange adapted to rest on top of the coffee pot, andprovided on its upper side with a pivoted bail outside the lid; 2;,reticulated bag received into said outer band; and an inner bandreceived into the open mouth of said bag and adapted to press the baginto close engagen'ient with the outer band to support the bag betweenthe two, said inner band extending downwardly below the outer band toform a stop to hold the device again-st lateral movement on the coffeepot.

3. A dripper for cooperation with a coffee pot, comprising an outer bandhaving an annular flange for resting on top of the coffee pot to supportthe device thereon; a pivoted bail secured to saidflange for lifts ingthe device on and ofi the coll'ee pot; an inner band; and a reticulatedbag; having its open mouth held between said bands, said inner bag beingprovided with a cover for one side thereof, said cover portion beingdisposed adjacent one of the pivoted ends of the bail to prevent thecolumn of steam rising from the pot from striking said portion oi thebail.

4. A dripper for cooperation with a eoffee pot comprising an outer andan inner band and a reticulated bag having its open mouth held betweensaid bands. the outer band having an annular flange for supporting thedevice on top of a coffee pot and the inner band being provided with acovering for one side thereof to partially close the open mouth of thebag at that side; and a handle for lifting the device off the pot whenhot, said handle being secured to the device adjacent the peripherythereof and extending inwardly above said cover portion of the innerband in position to shield the hand of the operator from the column ofsteam rising from the bag.

its)

lllb

lli)

5. A dripper for cooperation with a coffee pot comprising an outer andan inner band and a reticulated bag having its open mouth held betweensaid bands, the outer 5 band having an annular flange for supportitthereof to partially close the open mouth of the bag at that side; and ahandle for lifting the device off the pot when hot, said handle beingsecured to the device adjacent the periphery thereof and extendinginwardly above said cover portion of the inner band in position toshield the hand of the operator from the column of steam rising from thebag.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

HAL \V. TUC 'ER.

